Talk about a beautiful flop for a pair of tens.  I put in a standard continuation bet hoping he’s got something like A9 and was just calling on the button with position.

That card potentially made a straight but it’s highly unlikely that he was playing 58 to a raise (even with position).  I make another bet and he raises.  I think for a minute and then call.  I’m scared that maybe he’s got a set but it still feels like an unpaired ace.

I’ve got an overpair to the board with my pair of tens and I was raised on the turn.  This card actually scared me a bit cause after getting raised on the turn I started thinking about a possibility of being up against a set and he very likely would have called my pre flop raise with a small pair like threes.  Even with that thought going through my head, I figure that the 3 on the river didn’t help him so if I was beat before I’m still beat and if I was ahead before I’m a winner.  The raise on the turn really scared me so I decided to check and see if I couldn’t win at showdown or call a smallish bet on the end.  He made a small enough bet that I was getting pot odds to call and he rolled over pocket aces to take a nice size pot.

Looking back I’m not sure what I could have done differently.  Raising pre flop with tens is the obvious play and making a bet after flopping an over-pair is a no brainer.  I got raised on the turn but with the exception of a set I didn’t see how I was behind.  I suppose I should have started thinking about a big pair at this point but I just didn’t.  I like my check on the river here because if I’m beat I’m REALLY beat and I’m going to get raised anyhow.

See you after the flop!